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Series

30 Year Rule Review Website

Catalogue reference: RW 18

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RW 18

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the 30 Year Rule Review website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

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Reference

RW 18

Title
30 Year Rule Review Website
Date

From 2009

Description

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the 30 Year Rule Review website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

Arrangement

Please see information at Divisional level

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • 30 Year Rule Review, 2007-2009
  • The National Archives, 2003-2003
Physical description

archived website(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Gathered from original website

Subjects
Topics
Official publications
Accruals

Future website versions may be anticipated.

Administrative / biographical background

On 25 October 2007 the Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he had asked Paul Dacre, Executive Director of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, working with Professor David Cannadine and Sir Joseph Pilling, to chair an independent review of the '30 year rule', under which most government records are transferred to The National Archives and made available to the public by the time they are 30 years old. The consultation ran from January to April 2008, and the review team's final report was published on 29 January 2011. The review team recommended that the last restrictions on the release of information should be reduced to a 15-year embargo and phased in over a 15-year period. The administrative and secretarial support for the review was provided by The National Archives.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11689361/

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30 Year Rule Review Website

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